Guidelines for scientific work

Information on the prerequisites, the procedure and the formal design can be found in the current guidelines for the preparation of scientific work at the institute. For further information please contact: pnp(at)jku.at.

Submission / plagiarism check

Please also note: The submission of your scientific work to the department of Teaching and Studies Organization will be exclusively in electronic form as of March 1, 2022. The submitted works are checked with a special plagiarism software for matching passages on the internet. For further information please contact: plagiatpruefung(at)jku.at.

The institute offers students a pool of topics for scientific theses.

Assignment

The assignment of new master theses takes place at the institute in an orderly manner at two dates per year. You will find the current list of topics here, with the request to submit your application (only one topic can be chosen per applicant) by January 15 or July 15 to pnp(at)jku.at.

In relation to the main areas of work of the researchers, you are also welcome to contribute your own topics on request.

The application should include your contact details, details of your studies, the courses you have taken with us, and the topic you wish to pursue, with a few lines of elaboration.

The final award, acceptance or rejection will then be made based on the submissions by early February/early August. With the confirmation of supervision, attendance of the master thesis seminar is also obligatory.

• Entwicklung der öffentlichen Verschuldung durch und nach Corona (Hilgers)

• Entwicklung der öffentlichen Verschuldung in Zeiten hoher Inflation (Hilgers)

• IPSAS Governance (Hilgers)

• Nutzen und Weiterentwicklung ausgewählter IPSAS Standards (Hilgers)

• Open Innovation im öffentlichen Sektor (Hilgers)

• Die Zinsstrukturkurve und ihre Bedeutung für die öffentliche Verschuldung (Hilgers)

• Europäische Stabilitäts- und Rettungsfonds: Ausgestaltung und Messung (Hilgers)

• The impact of transparency laws on perceived government transparency (Trautendorfer)

• Informationsplattformen als Intermediäre zwischen Bürger und Staat (Trautendorfer)

• Social dreaming in & about universities (Stötzer)

• Künstliche Intelligenz im Fundraising von Nonprofit-Organisationen (Stötzer)

• Second-hand-Shops von Nonprofit-Organisationen (Case-Study-Design) (Stötzer)

• platforms as intermediaries between citizens and state)

The topics are to be understood as framework topics and still have to be specified in the course of the concept development.